Confirmed Conferences:

NCTE
Julie, Michele, Elizabeth

Reading Recovery
Kim - Sunday and Monday
Sunday 1:30
(Carol Worst) Guided Reading - Explicit Instruction for All

Sunday 3:30
(Terry Thompson) Using Comics to Teach Comprehension

Monday 8:30
(David Matteson) Reading in the Content Area

Monday 1:00
(Pat Johnson) Inferring - The Heartbeat of Comprehension

Monday 3:00
(Jackie Collier) One Writing Program with Two Purposes: Giving Students the Tools They Need


Angie - Sunday and Monday
Julie - Sunday and Monday
Kate - Monday & Tuesday
  • Mon @ 8:30: Literacy, Learning, Thinking, and Classroom Communities (Peter Johnston)
  • Mon @ 1:00: Reading and Math - A Perfect Marriage (Becky O'Connor)
  • Mon @ 3:00: Wonderful Words for K-2: What's New in 2009? (Patricia Scharer)
  • Tues @ 10:30: Develop Your Own Balanced Literacy Framework (John McCarrier)
Kathleen - Sunday and Monday
  • Sun @ 3:30 Guided Writing - What it is and How to Do It (Gail Saunders-Smith)
  • Mon @ 8:30 Small Group Instruction for RTI (Karen Odegard)
  • Mon @ 1:00 The "X-celeration Factor" in Guided Reading (Jan Richardson)
  • Mon @ 3:00 Learning Decision Making in Community Writing (Andrea McCarrier)

The Literacy Connection
Shelley (building/UAEA)
Angie (building/UAEA)
Renee (building/UAEA)
Kim (second choice)
Elizabeth (building/UAEA)
Julie (third choice)

2010 National Reading Recovery & K-6 Classroom Literacy Conference (Shelly (Sun, Mon), Kathleen, Julie (Sun, Mon, Tues), Kim (Sat, Sun, Mon), Angie (Sat, Sun, Mon), Kate (Sun, Mon, Tues)

February 6-9 ● Columbus, Ohio

Greater Columbus Convention Center and Hyatt Regency Hotel

Cost: $370 before Dec. 1 ($270 for pre-conference sessions)

Register Now and Receive a Free Webcast and 2009 Pricing!

Sat Sessions (Non-Reading Recovery)

Reading Roadblocks - Becky DuFour

Planning Mini-lessons for Reading Workshop - Franki Sibberson


Keynote Speakers

Carol Lyons, Candy Dawson Boyd, and Brod Bagert

Classroom Literacy Featured Speakers

Peter Johnson

Janet Richardson

Reading Recovery Featured Speakers

Nancy Anderson

Mary Fried

Floretta Thornton-Reid

Concurrent Sessions

The Conference also includes approximately 120 concurrent sessions covering the categories of Classroom Literacy for Grades K-2, Grades K-6, and Grades 3-6; Children's Literature and Authors; Literacy Coaching; School Administrators and Implementation; and Reading Recovery.

Who Should Attend

Reading Recovery professionals, K-6 classroom teachers, Title I teachers and coordinators, school administrators, principals, superintendents, board members, reading specialists, literacy coaches and coordinators, curriculum specialists, school librarians, Reading First coordinators, university professors, and literacy advocates.

NCTE Annual Convention (possibly Elizabeth, Michele, Julie, Renee)

November 19-22, 2009 (optional sessions Nov. 23)

Philadelphia, PA

Cost: between $220-$450 plus travel, lodging and meals

http://www.ncte.org/annual


Karen Smith

Chris Tovanni

Julie Andrews

Joyce Carol Oates

Kylene Beers


IRA

May 3-7 in Minneapolis

Cost: approximately $195 plus travel, lodging and meals

*we need to take a look at this and the dates because there are a lot of regional conferences, plus an annual conference

Oct 28 - 31, Grand Rapids, MI

Nov Branson, Missouri

end of Nov, New Orleans

Feb - Oklahoma City

Apr 25-28 in Chicago


The Literacy Connection (Julie, Elizabeth, Kim, Michele, Kathleen, Angie, Kate, Shelly)

-Kylene Beers - session canceled; Kathleen will provide us with more information

-New presenter will be Samantha Bennett (That Workshop Book)

-Dates TBD, possibly in the evening


Cost: approximately $200

http://www.theliteracyconnection.org/

Choice Literacy (Julie, Angie, Kate)

-winter workshops not available; sessions offered June 2010 and throughout the summer

Cost: approximately $225 per session

http://www.choiceliteracy.com/

Dublin Literacy Conference (Kim, Kate, Angie, Shelly, Julie)

Saturday, February 20, 2010

Cost: approximately $125

http://www.dublinschools.net/DublinLiteracyConference.aspx

OCTELA

March 26-27 (Friday and Saturday)

Worthington, OH

Cost: Approximately $60

http://www.octela.org/newoctela/newspconf.html

IB Training (Renee, Kim)

April

-middle school teachers

Visiting Other Places**

Shelly, Elizabeth, Julie, Angie, Kate - Solon (Elizabeth will contact)

Elizabeth, Shelly, Kate - Lakota (Renee and Shelly will contact)

-discussion about structures and organizations, PD (coordinators, coaches, etc)

-Classroom visit - how does their literacy come alive in the classroom?